4 volumes ; 21 cm (8vo)

1 atlas ([4] pages, [28] leaves of plates (5 folded, 3 double)) : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 35 cm (fol)

Volumes 3-4 are translated from the author's Apuntamientos para la historia natural de los pájaros del Paraguay y Rio de la Plata, Madrid, 1802-05. See volume 1, pages x, 384

"Introduction a l'histoire naturelle de la province de Cochabamba": dated and signed on page 541 "Cochabamba, 15 février 1799. Signé Tadeo Haenke.": volume 2, pages [389]-541

Atlas volume includes engraved portrait of the author, folded maps of South America including Paraguay and the province of Buenos Aires, Chaco, Chiquitos, Matagroso and Cuyaba, plans of the cities of Burnos Aires, Montevideo, Maldonado, Concepcion, and engraved figures of mammals and birds

Pagination: volume 1: lx, 389, [1] pages; volume 2: [4], 562 pages, [3] folded leaves; volume 3: [4], ii, 479, [1] pages; volume 4: [4], 380 pages

Signatures: volume 1: pi² *⁴ A-C⁸ 1-24⁸ 25² chi² ( -chi2) (chi1 verso blank); volume 2: pi² 1-35⁸ 36² ( -36₂); volume 3: pi² *² ( -*²) (30 verso blank); volume 4: pi² 1-23⁸ 24⁴ 25²

Bookseller's advertisements: volume 1, page [ii]

Errata: volume 2, page [2] (volumes 1-2); volume 3: page [2]; volume 4, page [2]

Includes indexes

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digitized BHLDP 20140708

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